13Embedding the languageUsing the greetings as part of everyday routine in class e.g. Guten Tag at the start of everyday, Bis Morgen at the end of the day and Schönes Wochenende on a Friday at the end of the school day! Do the register in German each morning – teacher says, “die Anwesenheit überprüfen” and pupils respond with “Guten Tag”. Use a Guten Tag song and/or an Tschüss song at the start and end of each day.

14Sample activitiesYou will find a bank of sample activities which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.This is not a prescriptive list of activities and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.

15Guten Tag und Tschüss!Pupils walk around the class whilst some German music plays. As they walk around, they should greet each other saying Guten Tag!Teacher then plays more lively music and everyone skips and mimes wearing a backpack and waving to each other and saying “Bis Morgen!” to each other.Music gets even livelier and pupils now dance about saying “Schönes Wochenende!”Lastly the music is sad and they pretend to cry and look sad, waving each other goodbye saying “Tschüss!”

16und Hallo mit der Hand zeigen!Musik hören……spazieren……Hallo sagen...Listen to the music, walk, say hello and wave.The image is a youtube clip you can use for the music.und Hallo mit der Hand zeigen!

17und Tschüss mit der Hand zeigen!Musik hören…springen……bis Morgen sagen...Listen to the music, skip, say see you tomorrow and wave goodbye.The image in the top right hand corner is a sample song which you can useund Tschüss mit der Hand zeigen!

18… schönes Wochenende sagen...Musik hören……tanzen…… schönes Wochenende sagen...Listen to the music, say see you tomorrow and wave goodbye.The image in top right hand corner takes you to cancan music which you can use.undTschüss mit der Hand zeigen!

19Songs and videos!You will find a bank of sample songs and videos which you can use to practise the vocabulary in the classroom.This is not a prescriptive list of songs and you can use or adapt them to suit the needs of your class.You will find a set of more supported activities in Early Feelings and more challenging activities in Level 2 Feelings.